Missed opportunities early and missed assignments late turned out to be a bad combination for the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

A trio of third-period goals by Calgary broke open a tie game, as the Flames skated to a 4-1 win and handed the Wild their first regulation loss in nearly a month.

Yakov Trenin scored the only goal for Minnesota, which had previously claimed at least a point in a dozen consecutive games. While things fell apart in the final 20 minutes, the game may have been lost early, as Minnesota was 0 for 4 on the power play in the first period, missing repeated chances to grab a critical lead on the road.

Filip Gustavsson finished with 26 saves, falling to 7-8-3 as Minnesota’s goalie of record this season. He went to the bench with more than three minutes remaining in

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